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December 08, 2009
Team wheels for $50,000-Spinal Injuries Association, Fiji
One of the participants of Leadership Development Course 2009 was from Fiji and she works for Fiji Spinal Injuries Association. We found the following news related her organization in the mailing list of "Disability and Development,"which is published by Mr. Soya Mori.
Samantha Rina
Friday, December 04, 2009
Fiji TImes
IF you're on the Queen's Highway, keep a lookout for the wheel-a-thon team which is aiming to raise $50,000 for supplies for spinal injuries victims.
The Spinal Injuries Association wheel-a-thon had a good start on Monday with team members in wheelchairs departing from Rakiraki.
Association secretary Peni Dobui and treasurer, Timoci Serevi, said the team arrived in Nadi on Wednesday, considered to be the halfway point for the road trip.
Mr Dobui said the wheelathon was organised to raise funds for wheelchairs and medical supplies and equipment for 2010 and also to draw attention to the capabilities of people with disabilities.
"We want people to know that we are disabled but we can do something, we want to move forward. We can't stop after suffering a disability because there's still life for us," he said.
"For three months we planned this wheel-a-thon with an aim to raise $50,000. Along the way from Nadi to Sigatoka, we will stop at hotels and resorts to collect the tins we had distributed earlier for donations," he said.
Mr Dobui said no one was pushing their wheelchairs during the wheel-a-thon.
"This is not new for us. We have participated previously in 25 kilometre marathons in Japan. The wheelchairs we have are not ordinary ones, they travel faster," he said.
The wheel-a-thon team is being supported by a doctor, a physiotherapist and 18 members of a church group.
It ends on Saturday when the team arrives in Suva.
http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=134839
photo caption: Timoci Serevi and Peni Dobui lead the Fiji Spinal Injuries Association appeal. Picture: ANOKH KUMAR
Posted by jicafriends at December 8, 2009 04:19 PM